all djs start somewhere. and you know what i notice a lot of youngins saying they wouldnt buy mixes, but pre itunes we always did. whether it was a five dollar bootleg of the local (who for us was moto); or a full release cd from a superstar dj like you mention; or badly copied imports of less superstar djs. I have to agree with this, and it's not just pre iTunes, it still happens today, I bought an album from this kid from Oakland when I was in Cali, was selling them outside a Macy's store in San Fran, 13 tracks that the kid had done in Logic and it was pretty Dan decent, I paid $10 for it, and you walk around Times Sqaure in New York and there a countless people selling their mixtapes